St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-25

M u IT. s. s ;;y T So. B.
ssNl giving themselves up
AM 80 to sports full of grace
Il "a vs. and elegance in a
~ T. country full of noble
WEsN ness.
MSSWGA There were bru-
CWGI= netteS and there were
S[~e W blondes. brown heads,
and even red heads,
full faces, three-Quarter faces, profiles
and backs; positions reclining, kneeling,
upright and bowling before Diana erect
in the center of the group.
1t was exceedingly well composed,
this pyramidal painting, full of color,
interpreted and drawn with master
hand: nevertheless, in this orgie, so
reasonable and we'll conducted, of anat-
OmieS without wells, popularity struck
ME.
ut is strange said to my compan-
ion, Il only know that it is so, but these
women, find them pleasing enough, to
the waist, the belt: they are white,
smooth, rosy and amply abundant-they
would please the Americans well-but
as to the rest-the-the legs, in short,
have you observed how meager, poor,
scanty and ascetic they are? ALI these
magnificent bodies seem as if screwed
upon the arriere train of an old maid
Calvanist. What a droll idea! 1t is a
case of daltOnisme-dOes Garnoteauisee
it thus? Or, fearing to expose our vir-
tue to too strong temptations. does he
correct by
THE AUSTERITY OF HIPS
and tibias the charm of the breasts2
mot at all" said my friend laughing:
''not at all: though you will find this
whimsicalness in all the pictures OF
Garnoteau for thirty years past-the ex-
PLANTATION, the simplest in the world !
''Listen, and will confide to you &
great secret. These positions, as you
say well enough. these legs homogeneous
are the positions and legs of Mad. Carr
noteau, and there has not been, as tell
you, for thirty years past, in the pic.
lures of Mons. GarnOteau other posi-
lions or other legs than the legs and the
positions of Mad. GarnOteau" r.
And, behold, this is what my friend.
the painter of the modern school. re-
counted to me as, throwing ourselves
down upon the circular bench of the
great hall, we allowed our regards to
float without stopping over The chato-
yant medley of color and form, per-
haps one of the best methods of visiting
1.-The beginnings of Garnoteau," he
continued, "yOu can divine them-first,
a charity scholar, strong in drawing,
at the School of the Brothers of Chris
tan Doctrine; Limoges, his native
village; then the sending of him to
Paris and Italy with pension of 1,200
francs. He
WORKED LIKE A HORSE,
and at the end of five or six years
carried off the prize of Rome. if / re-
member correctly, for a 'Coriolan Chez
les Volsques.'
cat last one day this big, clumsy stu
pid, timid and exact, discovered his vo-
catiOn-his specialty-the nudities and
the pictures of nymphS, and from that
time on never depicted another thing
but his nakeds, the same as to-day,w were
invariably governed by taste and pro-.
priety, with nothing immodest about
them. Stay! Imagine for yourself a
good man who has painted in his life
time nudities enough to people re-
spectacle number of harems blessed
with the gravity and manners of a
monk. 1t is upon canvas only that Gar
noteau has made all his debauches.
''SOon after his return from Rome,
where he had carried away everything
in the way of prizes, this rising artist
encountered in his native village well
brought up young person, as everyone
said. by the name of CeleStine. neither
ugly nor pretty, though short and thin.
All, the mystery of the heart, who can
explain it! At all events, my
PAINTER OF PLUMP NYNPHS
discovered himself to be enamored of
this lath. 1t was true, however, that
her father, an honest hosier of Limoges.
was exceedingly rich and well con-
sidered.
''Garnoteau demanded the hand of
this young girl. The mother made diff
culties-an artist and gentleman who
only painted naked wOmen-certainly
not. But GarnOteau persisted, alleging
that artpurified everything; moreover,
that his pictures sold wells
''To tell the truth, this style of paint
ing in nowise displeased the worthy
hosier; then, Celestine loved Garnoteau,
which weighed with the mother, and the
marriage was finally decided upon.
Zone morning, shortly after the be-
trothal, Celestine called her fanee
aside.
SIS it true?' said she.
BLUSHING FURIOUsLY, So
is it true what they have told me-do
you paint your pictures after-wOmen-
Observation-Disclosures
"sWhy, yes, my dearest; yes"
"'And you are unable to paint them
without mOdels-from memory? Gar
nOteau explained to her that it was alb
solutely impossible, thing never done.
"'But you can paint them from per-
ons-clothed-or from scenes such as
one sees-touching subjects in the style
of the ''COnvoi du Pauvre" or the sRa
tourdu Soldat?'''
"'Paint nymphs in petticoats, or pau
pers' funerals! What are you thinking
of, my dear child? That would not be
high art, and 1 haven't the right to re-
nOunce high art! Understand, it is nv
specialty-nO one can change special
ty-it would derange the customs of the
public! And GarnOteau spoke with SO
much firmneSs and conviction that
CELEsTINE INSISTED NO MORE,
and appeored to resign herself
Nevertheless, on the evening of the
marriage, during the first tete-a-tete
alone, she shielded her chaste visape
with her folded arms and said to Gar
noteau:
"'Promise me, my friend, promise
me to do that which am about to ask
ofyou"" e
sGarnoteau promised-it was a mo-